“A response to the House of Commons’ pro-lockdown report” – “The report makes no attempt to evaluate the scientific evidence on lockdown efficacy, gives no consideration to focused protection as an alternative strategy, and shows no interest in weighing up the total costs and benefits of lockdown,” writes Noah Carl in his latest Substack update.
“Locking down harder and faster is not the right conclusion” – “A door has been opened and we have walked into a place in which our health and well-being is worse, we are poorer and we are less free, in exchange for dubious claims of safety,” writes Jamie Walden in Bournbrook Magazine.
“Is the economic recovery still on track?” – “If inflationary pressures continue to surge (a glance at yesterday’s labour market update gives no reason to think they’ll let up soon), the Bank of England may have no choice but to act,” writes Kate Andrews in the Spectator.
“The U.K.’s National ‘Crisis’: Age-Adjusted Mortality Is at 2008 Levels” – Looking at the U.K., the overall death rate for 2020 is not unprecedented, and some of the increase in the death rate is likely the result of an incomprehensibly bad Covid policy, writes Mark Avis in Mises Wire.
“Merck Ignores Molnupiravir’s Cytotoxicity” – “The broad use of Molnupiravir is a global catastrophic risk because the increased rate of coronavirus mutations is likely to create more dangerous variants,” writes ‘LeoG’ in TrialSite.
“Should genetics make us socialist?” – “The Genetic Lottery, by University of Texas psychologist Kathryn Paige Harden, is a good book whose central ethical argument is unpersuasive,” writes Bo Winegard in the Washington Examiner.
Professor @DocStockK was abused by students accusing her of transphobia but her union chose to back students.
Free Speech Union's Toby Young: "Gender ideology has spread across universities. You are branded a transphobe, and activists will come for you"@JuliaHB1 | @toadmeisterpic.twitter.com/JP4E4SH6Cj
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